Loraine
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If I understand your question, you are asking how to know what the bass note is for a chord? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
The bass note is the lowest note of a chord., and it can be the 3rd, 5th or 7th of a chord, depending on which is lowest.
For the open chords, I use the following as bass notes. E, F, G, B is the low E string. A, C is the A string, D is the D string (and I go up to the A string for the alternating bass).
Here’s a basic video that I thought as easy to understand. https://youtu.be/9WY7q0-V_YI?si=qBHyfGBQBoo_hejI
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I had my mother who had Lewy Body Dementia as my audience. She said the first week, you’re sounding good. Then it changed to, you’re not very good, when will you get better. I was hurt at first, but then I said, you know what? This is my Happy Place, and I only do it a short time during the day. After that, I just played louder and had fun with it. I play on the back deck sometimes to. It was hard to play in the open where neighbors could hear me, but I don’t care anymore. I open the windows to the house and just play away.
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Slow, steady, and have fun. That’s the recipe here! Sounds like you’re doing exactly as you should and having fun. 🙂
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You are definitely not along Paul. That is a sentiment that many express. A few things.
Look through the Skills lessons and choose something that interests you. It’s a great break from the daily’s and the frustration.
The main thing about the Daily’s is that they are called “Challenges,” and they are not meant to be easy. If you aren’t challenged, you can’t improve and get better. Too many want easy, but the guitar isn’t necessarily an easy instrument to learn, but with dedication it’s possible. Too many people quit playing before the magic happens. Yes, it is harder at the beginning, because nothing is familiar, you haven’t built up muscle memory and skills, but I guarantee down the road it does get easier.
Also, you are not expected to be perfect. In fact, just the opposite. TAC teaches progress over perfection, and learning the guitar is a journey, not a sprint. Do the best you can each day, even if you are frustrated. Give it a minimum of 10 minutes per day, mark the lesson complete. You can still practice it, but don’t try to perfect it. Simply move on the next day. Lessons repeat every 8-9 months (for a reason). There is he Benchmark Progress every 3 months. You reflect back on what you’ve done, develop your goals for the next 3 months, and the cycle moves on. What you will begin to notice when those lessons and benchmark songs come back around is the progress you’ve actually made. It’s a great system.
If you find something you really enjoy and like, keep it on the shelf to pull it down when you’re feeling frustrated. Keep posting your progress and challenges to share so that others can see they’re not alone.
The most important thing is to be kind to yourself and have fun.
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That is an awesome set of wins! I remember being so amazed in doing the 30 days. It’s a great start and a good mantra to adopt, I know this is possible! Keep at it. 🙂
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Pete, this is a fantastic suggestion. I think I’ve only updated mine once in the last several years. I check out other’s profiles all the time too, so it would be beneficial to have a 90 day review. Maybe Tony could suggest it at the next 90 day review @Tpolecastro
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From what I’ve seen and heard over the years, most learned the G the way you described it. I say it is the electric guitar G, just to differentiate it from the Folk G. I still use the other G a lot, but I form it with the pinky on 1, middle on 5 & index on 6.
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Others have requested something similar over the years. The best I can suggest is contacting the Help desk and asking to have the course reset. I think they’ve done that for others.
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Good luck and best wishes Ang!
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Bayvu, that is an awesome feat, and such a good feeling. It is now ingrained in you to pick up your guitar each day. I’ve been playing since Covid, and I’ve rarely missed a day of picking up my guitar, even if it’s just for 10 minutes or so.
There are a lot of good sites that offer free lessons to learn actual songs. I’ll message you a few of them, and then there is Ultimate-guitar.com that has chord and tab sheets. If you learn the chords, and you know the melody of the song, you can learn to play it.
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Sounds like you are making great strides Pete. The chord transitions and other drills are important to be able to be for fluent. Took me a long time, but I’m really happy with where I am right now. I like learning new chords (and especially shortcuts 🙂 ).
When you are ready definitely post a video. I would love to hear.
Like i always say, Keep On Plunkin!
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Thanks for asking Jeff. The right wrist is doing great. It looks good, and I have probably 90% range that I used to. The weather affects it, as well as my fingers now. Really happy with that rehab.
The left wrist is another story. Permanently deformed and very painful. I get shots every 3 months, but I have a new surgeon that is insisting on the 4th surgery to doing a partial fusion. Of course, I’m fighting that. Seems like every time I see a doctor, I get a different surgical need to fix the wrist. All have mentioned a full wrist fusion, which I reject outright. I wouldn’t be able to play at all, and it is too limiting. Then there is a surgery to cut the 2 nerves that send pain receptors to the brain, another is to do a partial fusion, which would give me sideways motion, just not forward or backward motion. The last was a complete wrist replacement, which is a fairly new thing, and the recovery is very hard. I have to follow up with another surgeon for their thoughts. Right now I’m able to play with limited pain and mobility issues, but it becomes painful after playing. The weather is not kind to it at all.
I’ve just gotten so out of the loop with TAC and other sites, because of work and I had some other things happen that are ongoing and take up a lot of time.
Perpetual rehab is in my blood. It gets tiring, but I’ve broken both legs and both arms and I have balance issues, and I have degenerative disc disease in lower back and neck that causes continual pinched nerves, and I have fibromyalgia, so yes it will always be part of my life. I treat it as if it is my gym time. Cheaper than a gym membership. I do a lot a aqua therapy, which helps a lot, but i prefer land exercises.
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That”s awesome Albert! I did quite a bit of flatpicking when I started in the Song Valult, and I know you’ve been diving headfirst into the songs there. I’m sure you’re doing great!
I’m not great at theory. but I enjoy goofing CAGED. I’ve been too busy just diving into songs that I’ve neglected my theory. I’ll have to revisit it at some point.
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Aw Skyman! I’ll definitely miss you. It’s been great getting to know you and talk to you. You inspired me with your comments. Thank you, friend!
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Thanks Braden!